Story+1980-11-23+Largo,+MD

´´I remember when I was....when I was 15, I think it was 1965....I was riding down the road and I heard....I listened to this station, it was a Top 40-station in New York City at the time, it was called....it was called WMCA....I think it´s all talking now....I remember riding down the road and hearing the opening snare-shot to ´Like a Rolling Stone´....and....and I remember I´d turn the radio up and I was trying to listen and I couldn´t hear all the verses but I remember when the chorus came around....he asked that question that was ´How does it feel to be on your own ?´....so if you´re out, if you´re out there on your own tonight....(?) this song, this song´s for you....”
 * 23.11.80 Largo, MD, intro to ´Independence Day´**

´´Sometimes....there´s, there´s people that you only see....for, driving by in a car, see ´em standing on the corner....or you see ´em at the show or you see ´em at the movies and you only see ´em for a real short period of time, ten seconds, just the time it takes ´em to walk by ....something about ´em always sticks in your head....and.....and as you get older you would think that.....that you would, you would lose that memory,or you would forget that, that moment sometimes but sometimes you never do and when you´re laying, laying in bed at night just before you go to sleep....it´s their faces, something comes back to you.....just for a minute....(singing:) sometimes at night....when I lie in bed....I see her face....running ´round my head....sometimes at night....when I lie in bed....I see her face....running ´round my head ....here she comes walking down the street....here she comes walking down the street..... she´s looking so fine, she´s looking so sweet....she´s looking so fine, she´s looking so sweet ....and someday I wanna make her mine, I know that I will....someday I´m wanna make her mine, yes I know I will....I know she´s gonna stop instead of walking on by, she´s gonna stop instead of walking on by, she´s gonna stop instead of walking on by, she´s gonna stop instead of walking on by, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl....my little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, little girl, come back, baby....come back to my arms....”
 * 23.11.80 Largo, MD, intro to ´I Wanna Marry You´**

´´(?)...alright...oh, I´ve got to tell you a story....it´s sad but true....the names have been changed to protect the innocent.....I was walking down the street the other night....and there she was....was she sweet ? (crowd: ´Yeah´) was she fine ? (crowd: ´Yeah´) was she mine ? (crowd: ´Yeah / No´) oh yeah (chuckles)...I chased her, I ran up to the car and I chased her down Route 34...and then she locked all the windows and shut all the doors....I said ´Darling, this is the Boss talking to you....it´s sad but true, little girl, I got a crush on (crowd: ´You´)...”
 * 23.11.80 Largo, MD, intro to ´Crush on You´ **

´´Anybody here from New Jersey ? (cheers) who´s from Maryland ? (cheers)....well, if you rode that, that long ride to get you here, this is....”
 * 23.11.80 Largo, MD, intro to ´Drive All Night´**

´´Oh, that little clock on the wall....it was a night....was it just like tonight ?....Big Man....(?) (....) We have with us tonight....a galaxy of stars....(?) of wild individuals beginning at the far left....on the piano, Mr.E=MC2....and the only member of the band with a complete high school diploma....let´s hear it for higher education and Professor Roy Bittan....on the guitar, we have....poet of the soul, master of rock and roll, the man who brought you such hits as ´I Don´t Wanna Go Home´, ´Sweeter than Honey´, ´This Time It´s for Real´, ´Some Things Just Don´t Change´, Miami Steve Van Zandt on the guitar....on the bass guitar, (?) on the bass, Mr.Garry W. Tallent....on the drums, representing everybody from South Orange, New Jersey, we´ve got tonight....Mighty Max Weinberg.....on the organ, a man who hails from the same town that gives you that fantastic Flemington Furs-commercial on television, from Flemington, New Jersey, now you see him, now you don´t, Phantom Dan Federici on the organ....oh yeah....and last but not least.....we all saw that motion picture where they sunk the big boat and then I know that everybody saw that movie where they crashed the big airplane and then they saw that movie where they burned up the big building, well, now, tonight on our stage we have the master of disaster, the Big Man on the saxophone....”
 * 23.11.80 Largo, MD, intro to ´Rosalita´**

´´This is....I wanna thank you all for coming down to the show tonight, thank you very much ....it´s nice to....when you ain´t been some place in a long time, it´s nice to know everybody´s still in there....this is for you....”
 * 23.11.80 Largo, MD, intro to ´Jungleland´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//